The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) AFRICA | Liberia | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 28-Oct-2019 | ISR38941 | Implementing Agencies: Liberia Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia Ministry of Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 02-Jul-2019 Effectiveness Date: 15-Oct-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 15-Nov-2021 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2023 Revised Closing Date: 30-Nov-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve equitable access to, and quality of, secondary education. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Improving access and learning environment at the senior secondary level:(Cost $14.40 M) Increasing opportunities for girls to transition to and complete senior secondary education:(Cost $5.00 M) Improving quality and relevance of senior secondary education:(Cost $19.00 M) Capacity building, technical assistance, project coordination, and monitoring and evaluation:(Cost $8.60 M) Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) project was approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on July 2, 2019. The effectiveness condition was met on October 10, 2019. The project was declared effective on October 15, 2019. 10/28/2019 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial -- Substantial Macroeconomic High -- High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial -- Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial -- Substantial Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Moderate -- Moderate Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve equitable access to secondary education IN00755541 ►Increase in GER at the senior secondary level (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 -- 39.00 46.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator measures the number of students enrolled at senior secondary level, regardless of age, Comments: expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of IN00755543 education (ages 15 to 17 in the case of Liberia). Female GER (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 37.00 -- 37.00 44.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 31-Dec-2023 IN00755544 ►Number of direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 146,800.00 10/28/2019 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the number of direct project beneficiaries, including senior secondary school students and teachers who benefit directly from the interventions to enhance access, quality and relevance of senior secondary education; VPIs who would receive instructional leadership training; teacher training Comments: institutions faculty who receive qualification upgrading training and SMC members who receive training on school construction, rehabilitation and renovation management. The indicator will be measured separately IN00755545 for female and male beneficiaries. Female - number of direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 66,208.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 Improve quality of secondary education IN00755542 ►Increase in public and community SSSs with a qualified teacher each in Math, Science and English (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 31.00 -- 31.00 40.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the proportion of all public and community senior secondary schools with at least one Comments: math, one science (biology, chemistry, or physics) and one English teacher that meet the government teacher qualification requirement at the senior secondary level. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Improving access and learning environment at the senior secondary level IN00755546 ►National school infrustructure strategy developed and adopted (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks whether a national school infrastructure strategy, that establishes norms and Comments: standards for basic school construction, has been developed and adopted by the MoE and MPW. IN00755550 ►Number of new senior secondary schools constructed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 3.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 Comments: This indicator tracks the number of new senior secondary schools completed and fully furnished for use. IN00755554 10/28/2019 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) ►Percentage of public and community senior secondary schools receiving the school renovation and rehabilitation grant (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the percentage of public and community senior secondary schools that have Comments: prepared a school improvement plan and received at least two tranches of the school grants for renovation and rehabilitation. IN00755558 ►Percentage of districts offering senior secondary schooling (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 80.00 -- 80.00 100.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 Comments: This indicator tracks the percentage of districts in the country with at least one senior secondary school Increasing opportunities for girls to transition to and complete senior secondary education IN00755547 ►Percentage of public and community senior secondary schools offering female guidance counselor services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.00 -- 7.00 97.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the percent of public and community senior secondary schools that have a qualified Comments: female guidance counselor on staff, offering guidance counselor services as per the ToR, which specifies the role and responsibilities of the counselor. IN00755551 ►Number of girls receiving scholarships to attend public and community senior secondary schools (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,700.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the number of female senior secondary students that receive financial scholarship as Comments: per the Girls' Education Scholarship guidelines in the targeted districts (Bomi, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa and Sinoe). Recipient girls must meet the selection and performance criteria outlined in the guidelines. IN00755555 ►Percentage of public and community senior secondary schools that have implemented an action plan for community engagement (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the percentage of public and community senior secondary schools that have Comments: implemented an action plan to increase community engagement and participation in reducing violence in schools, specially towards girls. 10/28/2019 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Improving quality and relevance of senior secondary education IN00755548 ►Revised pre-service teacher training program launched (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the launch of the new pre-service teacher training programs (in English Education, Math Education, and Science Education) for new entrants at UL-TC. The new training program will be Comments: based on the revised curriculum and newly developed training modules and will be taught by faculty who have been trained on the new programs. IN00755552 ►Number of faculty from teacher training institutions trained to upgrade their qualification (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the number of faculty from public teacher training institutions (including UL-TC, the Comments: Teachers College at Tubman University, and Regional Teacher Training Institutions (TTIs)) who have completed a masters program or higher at a regional or international teacher training institutions. IN00755557 ►Percentage of in-service teachers trained through the feedback-based CPD program (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 95.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 30-Jun-2023 This indicators tracks the percentage of public and community senior secondary teachers who teach English, Math, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics who have been trained through the feedback-based CPD Comments: program using training modules that are developed based on students’ WASSCE results and teacher vetting test results. IN00755559 ►Number of VPIs trained on instructional leadership (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 150.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the number of VPIs at public and community senior secondary schools who have Comments: been trained on instructional leadership as part of the feedback-based CPD program. IN00755560 ►Teaching workforce management strategy developed and adopted (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 31-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 10/28/2019 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) This indicator tracks the development and adoption of the teaching workforce management strategy, which identifies mechanisms on how to effectively recruit qualified teachers and other staff, deploy them Comments: efficiently based on school needs, including hard to recruit areas, provide CPD and qualification upgrading opportunities, and incentivize and monitor performance. IN00755561 ►Textbook guidelines revised and adopted (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the review and revision of the MoE's Proposed Guidelines for Textbook Origination, Comments: Provision and Management and adoption of the revised guidelines. IN00755562 ►Percentage of public and community senior secondary schools with access to textbooks identified, adapted under the project (disaggregated by subject) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 31-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the percent of public and community senior secondary schools that have received the Comments: textbooks identified, adapted and approved under the project, in the ratio of at least 1 textbook for every 5 IN00755563 students by subject and grade at the school level. English (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 IN00755564 Math (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 IN00755565 Biology (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 IN00755566 Chemistry (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 IN00755567 Physics (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 10/28/2019 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 IN00755568 ►Number of public and community senior secondary students with access to digital technology (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5,400.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the number of students in public and community senior secondary schools with Comments: access to digital technology. Access is defined as student enrollment in grades 10, 11 and 12 in the schools receiving the computer labs, and in the schools in Montserrado county covered by mobile labs. IN00755569 ►Students with improved digital competencies as a result of the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the percentage of target beneficiaries, who received training under the project, with higher digital competencies as compared to competencies measured at baseline. Competence areas proposed in UNESCO’s Digital Literacy Global Framework, will be used to develop baseline and annual Comments: assessments. Target beneficiaries include students benefiting from the four mobile labs and the eight school-based computer labs. IN00755570 Female students with improved digital competencies as a result of the project (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 IN00755571 ►Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 138,781.00 Date 31-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 31-Dec-2023 IN00755572 Students benefiting from direct interventions to enhance learning - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 65,227.00 IN00755573 ►Number of direct project beneficiaries (teachers) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 10/28/2019 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 6,811.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 31-Dec-2023 It measures the number of teachers who benefit directly from the interventions to enhance access, quality Comments: and relevance of senior secondary education. IN00755574 ►Community engagement and grievance redress guidelines adopted and grievance redress mechanism operational (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 80 percent of There is no operational grievances received in There is no operational community Year 3 of the project community engagement Value -- engagement linked to addressed within the linked to a grievance a grievance redress timeframe specified in redress mechanism mechanism the grievance redress guidelines Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the development and adoption of a community engagement and grievance redress guidelines by the MoE, the establishment of a grievance redress mechanism at the MoE and county levels Comments: and the operationalization of the grievance redress mechanism by addressing grievances within the timeframe specified in the grievance redressal guidelines. Capacity building, technical assistance, project coordination, and monitoring and evaluation IN00755549 ►Need assessment study completed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the undertaking and completion of a study to assess the capacity building needs of Comments: MoE staff, DEOs, CEOs and staff of other education institutions involved in the project implementation. IN00755553 ►Program to address institutional capacity gaps developed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 This indicator tracks the development of a capacity development program for MoE staff, CEOs, DEOs and staff of other education institutions involved in the project implementation in collaboration with UL-TC. As Comments: part of the program development training materials and program implementation guideline will be developed. IN00755556 ►MoE staff trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 154.00 Date 30-Aug-2019 -- 15-Oct-2019 29-Dec-2023 10/28/2019 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) This indicator tracks the number of MoE staff, DEOs, CEOs, and staff of other education institutions who Comments: are trained through the newly developed capacity development program. Disbursement Linked Indicators IN00755575 ►DLI 1 Increased girls’ access, retention and completion in secondary education (Percentage, Output, 5,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 4 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date -- -- 15-Oct-2019 -- IN00755576 ►DLI 2 Improved pre-service teacher training (Percentage, Process, 2,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 4 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date -- -- 15-Oct-2019 -- IN00755577 ►DLI 3 Improved in-service teacher training (Percentage, Output, 5,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 4 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date -- -- 15-Oct-2019 -- IN00755578 ►DLI 4 Improved qualification profile of the teaching workforce (Percentage, Output, 4,000,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 4 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date -- -- 15-Oct-2019 -- IN00755579 ►DLI 5 Increased access to textbooks at the senior secondary level (Percentage, Output, 5,500,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 4 Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date -- -- 15-Oct-2019 -- IN00755580 ►DLI 6 Improved access to basic digital skills training for senior secondary students (Percentage, Process, 2,500,000.00, 0.00%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Year 4 10/28/2019 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date -- -- 15-Oct-2019 -- Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P164932 IDA-D5030 Effective USD 47.00 47.00 0.00 0.00 46.60 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P164932 IDA-D5030 Effective 02-Jul-2019 19-Jul-2019 15-Oct-2019 30-Nov-2023 30-Nov-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 10/28/2019 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) (P164932) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 10/28/2019 Page 11 of 11